 | Peter (of Langtoft) - 1810 - 500 Seiten
...sfiled Roodlofts. " Rood\oft"(saithBlount*) " a Shrine zchereon rcas placed "the Cross of ' Christ. The " Rood was an image of Christ " on the Cross, made generally " of wood, and erected in a luft "for that purpose, just over " the passage out of the Church " into the Chancel." But Roodloft... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1807 - 398 Seiten
...were called rood lofts " Roodloft, (saitli Blount) is a shrine whereon was placed the cross of Christ. The rood was an image of Christ on the cross, made...over the passage out of the church into the chancel." Reed. 8 by the rood.] ie the cross. Pope. Bullokar, however, is a better authority than any of these,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1807 - 390 Seiten
...were called rood lofts. " Roodloft, (sai'h Blount) is a shrine whereon was placed the cross of Christ. The rood was an image of Christ on the cross, made...over the passage out of the church into the chancel." Reed. Bullokar, however, is a better authority than anv of these, being contemporary with Sliakspeare.... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1810 - 618 Seiten
...styled Rivtl-lofli. " Rood-loft," saith Blount, " a shrine, whereon was placed the cross of Christ. The rood was an image of Christ on the cross, made...over the passage out of the church into the chancel." But rood-loft sometimes also signifies a shrine, on which was placed the image or relicks of a saint;... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1810 - 618 Seiten
...styled Rood-lofts. " Rood-loft," saith Blount, " a shrine, whereon was placed the cross of Christ. The rood was an image of 'Christ on the cross, made...wood, and erected in a loft for that purpose, just oter the passage out of the church into the chancel." But rood-loft sometimes also signifies a shrine,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1810 - 620 Seiten
...styled Jliititl-fiift'i. " Rood-loft," saith Blount, " a shrine* whereon was placed the cross of Christ. The rood was an image of Christ on the cross, made...generally of wood, and erected in a loft for that purpose, jdst over the passage out of the church Into the chancel." But rood-loft sometimes also signifies a... | |
 | Charles Wentworth Dilke - 1814 - 408 Seiten
...the cross and the figure of our blessed Saviour as he suffered upon it." " The rood," says Blount, " was an image of Christ on the cross, made generally...in a loft for that purpose, just over the passage from the church into the chancel." officers to punish these jarring tongues; I'll teach them to stretch... | |
 | Elizabeth Ogborne - 1814 - 342 Seiten
...to themselves. This MS. is corrected by king Henry VIII. 's own hand.— Cttton Lib. Brit. Mas. • The rood was an image of Christ on the cross, made generally of wood, with an Image of Mary and John standing on each side : it was plat-ril in a loft erected for the purpose... | |
 | Charles Wentworth Dilke - 1816 - 412 Seiten
...the cross and the figure of our blessed Saviour as he suffered upon it." " Tlie rood," says Blount, " was an image of Christ on the cross, made generally...in a loft for that purpose, just over the passage from the church into, the chancel." officers to punish these jarring tongues; I'll teach them to stretch... | |
 | 1816 - 566 Seiten
...Sept. 6. Old Holy rood. The holy rood was an image of Christ on the cross, placed upon a loft made for that purpose, just over the passage out of the church into the chancel. Sept. 26. St. Cyprian. He was an African by birth, of a good family, and well educated. Before his... | |
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The rood was an image of Christ on the cross, made generally of wood, and erected in a loft for that purpose, just over the passage out of the church into the chancel. 
